2005 Chevrolet Colorado: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Apr 11, 2018 · Acceleration, Electrical · 175,000 miles · CO

My cruise control stopped working and then my break lights. Put in new break bulbs and they still do not work! I was dri ing when cruise control went out and my husband noticed my breaks while I was driving.

Filed Nov 8, 2012 · Acceleration, Brakes · 92,000 miles · NC

The cruise control stopped working. I paid little attention to this as it did not impair the operation of my truck. Little did I know that my brake lights were not working either. This was due to a brake lamp switch failure. A recall was issued by chevrolet in 2006, and my vehicle was repaired. In 2010 my cruise control went out again. I knew from the first time that this was a severe safety issue and checked my brake lights. They were not working. It was the very same problem. The brake lamp switch had went bad again. I contacted chevrolet and they refused to pay for the repair, siting "normal wear and tear". The local dealer did pay half of the repair as a courtesy. Now, in 2012 the brake lamp switch has went out again and my local dealer is talking with chevrolet to try and get them to pay for the repair. We will see if they stand behind their product and treat a loyal customer right.

Filed Sep 27, 2010 · Lights · 98,000 miles · IA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet colorado. The contact was driving approximately 35 MPH and approaching a stop when he was advised that the rear brake lights were inoperable. In addition, the cruise control failed during activation. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis. The technician informed the contact that the failure was contributed to the brake light switch. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 98,000.

Filed Jul 31, 2010 · Acceleration, Lights · 66,845 miles · OH

Complete failure of all brake lights due to brake light switch. Was warned by another motorist following a near collision. I noticed several weeks prior to incident that the cruise control failed to engage. Dealership that performed the repairs stated that my VIN number was not included in the recall.

Filed Jul 27, 2010 · Lights · 60,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet colorado. The contact stated the vehicle was repaired under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 06v139000 (exterior lighting: brake lights: switch). Following repairs, the cruise control and brake lights became inoperable. The dealer advised any further repairs would be at the contacts expense and would not be covered under the recall campaign. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000 and the current was unknown.

Filed Jul 14, 2010 · Lights · 49,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet colorado. The contact stated his vehicle had previously been serviced for the recall associated with the federal safety agency campaign id number: 06v139000 (exterior lighting: brake lights: switch). Approximately four years later, the brakes lights became inoperable. In addition, the cruise control would not function. The vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired for the failure. The failure and current mileages were 49,000.

Filed Jun 9, 2010 · Brakes, Electrical · 107,000 miles · TX

1. Normal driving. 2. Brake light switch failure. Brake lights inoperable along with inoperable cruise control. There were no consequences, however having no brake lights could result in sever consequences. One has to wonder if a wreck had occurred would it be considered my fault since my brake lights not functioning was the cause of the wreck? 3. I replaced the brake light switch with a new gm part purchased at a gm dealer. I have 3 of the last 4 failed brake light switches. The first failed switch was thrown away. The p/n of the most recent failure is 25796381. That is also the p/n of the part purchased by me today. The p/n for the other 2 switches is: 15912229 & 1518647. The last time my brake light switch failed was 03/2008. I have owned my truck since 3/2005 I believe.

Filed Feb 22, 2010 · Lights · 70,000 miles · NM

Noticed first the cruise control had stopped working, then was informed by a friend that I had no brake lights. While searching for replacement parts online, I noticed a recall notice for my vehicle from the federal safety agency(09v310000), but that parts will not be available until june 2010. I contacted chevrolet and was told that there are no open recall notices on my vehicle. At this time I have not replaced the defective part.

Filed Jan 26, 2009 · Acceleration, Lights · 37,000 miles · WA

Cruise control on my 2005 chevy colorado stopped working, when researching the problem I found my brake lights were also not working, there is supposed to have been a recall about this, however my dealership - lithia chevrolet and george gee pontiac, both say thier part was already replaced on the vehicle and they refuse to fix it again, thus I am stuck without brake lights, obviously the replacement part doesn't fix the problem.

Filed Nov 3, 2008 · Acceleration, Lights · 39,990 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet colorado. In december of 2006, the vehicle was repaired according to the federal safety agency campaign id number 06v139000 (exterior lighting:brake lights:switch). Most recently, the contact noticed that the cruise control did not turn off after several attempts. On october 31, 2008, he was informed by another motorist that the brake lights also were not working. The vehicle has not been taken to the dealer. The manufacturer stated that they did not repair vehicles for the same recall more than once. The current mileage was 40,008 and failure mileage was 39,990.

Filed Jan 6, 2006 · Acceleration · 8,000 miles · VA

Dt*: the contact stated when cresting a hill the cruise control will over accelerate by 3 to 4 MPH. The momentum causes the accelerator to disengage, when it re -engages the vehicle accelerates as much as 15 MPH more than the set speed. The hill does not have to have a decline for the acceleration. The owner's manual states this could happen and the brake should be applied after cresting the hill. The dealership was able to duplicate the problem and determined it is an anomaly in the programming of the computer. Other model year vehicles were driven and the dealership determined it happened with those vehicles. The brakes slow the vehicle sometimes, but the cruise control must be deactivated to completely remedy the problem.*ak updated 02/07/06.

Filed Dec 28, 2005 · Lights · FL

I was driving and someone told me that my brake lights were not working, I got home and checked all the bulbs and fuses, they were all ok. Then searching in the internet at a chevy colorado site, I found out that there is a problem with the brake light switch. I had notice that the cruise control has not been working for at least 3 months, I had taken the truck in for a check up since, but I see that they failed to notice that the brake lights are not working.